> Michael D. Hensley (hey, that's me!) wrote:
>
> > Next, grab a copy of my paper "Plug-N-Play POSIX".  It contains almost
> > everything you need to know to get POSIX properly configured and working
> > on MPE.  You can read it at http://www.allegro.com/posix/pnpposix.txt
> > (it was updated on 9-NOV-1998 to include the new 6.0 version of
> > /etc/profile).

And Donna raised her hand:

> oh, this brings up an interesting question....
>
> when updating your mpe system, does the update overlay/change
> /etc/profile? i really don't want to see all my changes go away....

Starting with MPE/iX 6.0, the last thing /etc/profile does is call
/etc/profile.local; this is where you should now put your local
customizations.  You should NOT modify /etc/profile because, as Donna
realized, it will be overwritten by future version.

Want to get a head start?  My paper now contains a full copy of the MPE/iX
6.0 /etc/profile file.  Move your local customizations to /etc/profile.local,
and replace your /etc/profile with the new one NOW, and you'll be much
happier when you upgrade to 6.0.

Congratulations to HP, by the way: this is a very elegant design.

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